18471. Adulteration and Misbranding of ether.    U. S. -v. 115 Cans of Etber. 
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.
& D. No. 2(5004.    I. S. No. 27416.    S. No. 4284.)
Samples of ether from the shipments herein described having been found 
to contain peroxide, a decomposition product, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri.
On March 10, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 115 cans of ether, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped by the General 
Chemical Co., from Philadelphia, Pa., in part on or about January 8, 1931, and 
in part on or about January 10, 1931, and had been transported from the State 
of Pennsylvania into the State of Missouri, and charging adulteration and 
misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act The article was labeled 
in part:  " Ether U. S. P."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was 
sold under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, and dif- 
fered from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the 
test laid down in the said pharmacopoeia, in that it contained peroxide.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the can label, 
" Ether U. S. P.," was false and misleading when applied to ether containing 
peroxide.
On June 30, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.